Cigarette-box.



No. 850,182. PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

S. S. POOR.

CIGARETTE BOX. APPLICATION FILED DBO; 20, 1906.

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No. 050,102. PATENTED APR. 10, 1.907. s. s. POOR.

CIGARETTE BOX. APPLIGATION FILED 111:0. 20, 1906.

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ave invented certain pnlwements in Cigarette-Boxes, of which the different construction; and Fi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 4

SAMUEL s. PooR, OFIWESTFIELD, NEW. JERSEY. CIGARETTE-BOX:

To aZZ whom zit may concern:

Be it. known that I, SAMUEL S. PooR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westfield, county of Union, State of New Jersey, new and useful Imowing 1s a s ecification, reference being had therein to 51 in whichI Figure 1 is a e accompanying drawings,

perspective view of the box open and showing cigarettes therein; Fig. 2, a lon itudinal vertical sectional view .on the line II of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a sectional view showing .the' box folded and a --cigarette therein; Fig. 4, a sectional view on theline IV IV of Fig. 5 of .5, asectional view taken on the line V V of ig. 4.

The main object of this'invention is to provide means whereby u on' the opening of the box-cOverone end 0 'eachof'th'e cigarettes in the box'willbe raised'above theu per edge of 'the box 'in order may be readily grasped and separated from panion-It is emb box end along the retail trade the and to force alon' the inner side ofthe the adj olnmg cigarettes and removed from the box.

Other objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

As cigarettes are ordinarily 'acked'for the fit very tight y in the boxes and it is very dlfficult to remove one of them, it beingfrequently necessary to grasp several them bodily This the one to open the box offers themto a comarrassing to the one to whom the cigarettes'are offredto be forced tohandle practically all the cigarettes in the Y Y box befor h e can secure one. tlon avoids this-objection.

Referrin to the various merals, 1 esi ates the body which is provi ed with the-ledge This invenparts by miof the box, 2 of about is the cover of the box, hinged to the bod part at the upper edge of the ledge 2, as sli own-at 4 in. 1g.'2. "Secured to the bottom of the box parallel with the hinge thereof 's a lifting-fweb 5, which extends entirel acrossthe hinge end of the box. This we 5 extends from its pasted bottom of the box to the hinge-wall 6,.up ,s'aid' hinge-wall, and then cover, its other end eing pasted or otherwise secured to the side thereof. 3

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December '20,

a box, showing a slightly that one of them i from the box. is very objectionable, particularly when .Eatentecl April 16, 1907. 1906. swarm. 348,792. 4

- cover a suitable distance from the bin e.

en the cigarettes are in the boxand t e cover is closed, said'web' incloses'or extends around the ends of the cigarettes, the cover is opened, the web is pulled the upper edge of the bin e-wall, as shown in Fig. 2, said web extending on-anincline from th to the point of attachment inthe box. The .web is of such length that when the box is open, as shown in Fig. 2, it will be drawn tlghtl over the upper edge "of the hingewall and t e web will be raised. above the upper edge of the box, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2.

ends of the cigarettes may begras ed an any one of them removed from t e box. he web' 5 is preferably made of thin readilyfoldable paper, so that when the box-is again web down-into the bottom of the box.

The web 5 not only serves to lift the cigarends of the c'igarettesrestingon said,

en in this position, the upward-projectin e upper edge of said wall downward I closed the cigarettes automatically press the rettes, but also strengthens and bracesthe Jointbetween the cover and the'box when in Fig. 2..

Instead of employing a web extending the entire le th of the hinge-wall of the boxI may emp oy a cord or ribbon, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. I prefer to employ thjs form of device in those boxes in which cigarettes asted'to the cover-8 near one end of the liin e-wall and is "'wal and secured to the inner side of the bottorn f the box. band 7 will lift only asindicated in dotted lines in Fig.

It will. be noted that vice" shown in Fig. 1 the ranged perdendicular to that is to say, as shown inv Flgs. 4 and 5 they are parallel with the hinge-wall of the box and it is only necessary ;to use the band thereof.

It will be readily as shown in Fi 1- need not extend throughout the entire lingth of the hinge-wall ofgthe box, as a web'broad enough threecigarettes would sufficient. 1' prefer, however, to. use a broad stri as shown. Having'thus described my invention, what cigarettes are are the hinge-wallare packed in two layers. 'In this arrangement of the invention the band or cord -7 is carried across the bin e- In this arrangement the i one end of the cigarettes, g

-v v in the form of the deat" right angles thereto-while near one end understood that the web to lift two'or,

80 the cover is in its full-open position, as shown the said wall, the other end of said web being secured to the inner side of-the cover a-suitable distance from the hinge, said web being of such length that when the cover is open it will be drawn taut .across the edge of the hingeewall and lift the ends of the cigarettes lying thereon, and take the strain off the hinge. I

2. A box for cigarettes comprising a body art and a cover hinged thereto, of a flexible, oldable lifting-strip secured to the bottom of the box a suitable distance inward from the hinge-wall and on which the cigarettes lie, said strip extending up the hinge-wall and being secured to the cover at a suitable distance from the hinge, whereby when the box is open said strip will be drawn tautacross the hinge-wall and lift the cigarettes lying thereon.

3. Acigarettebox comprising a body part and a cover'hinged thereto below the upper edge of the box, of a flexible, foldable lifting-web secured to the inner side of the box parallel with the hinge-wall and extending in its full-open position relieving the coverhinge of all strain.

4. A cigarette box comprising) a body part and a cover hinged thereto elow the upper ed e of the box, of a broad lifting-web lying wit 1in the box under one end of the cigarettes therein and extending up the hingewall thereof and being secured to the inner surface of the cover a suitable distance from the hinge thereof, whereby when the cover is thrown to its open position the liftingeweb will be drawn over the edge of the hingewall of the box and the cigarettes lying thereon within the box will be raised at their ends adacent the hinge-wall. n testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses,

this 18th day of December, 1906.

' SAMUEL S. POOR. Witnesses:

WVM. R. DAvrs,

E. H. KAUFMANN. 

